Pakistan team fielded without Babar Azam, Rizwan, still won first T20I, badly defeated Zimbabwe – News-Patiala ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

The first T20 between Pakistan and Zimbabwe was played in Bulawayo. In this match, Pakistan won by 77 runs. In this match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved effective for them. Batting first, Pakistan batted 20 overs and set a target of 166 runs to Zimbabwe. But while chasing, the team could score only 108 runs.

Umar Yusuf and Saim Ayub, who came to open for Pakistan, gave a good start. Both scored 16 and 24 runs respectively. Usman Khan, who came at number three, played an excellent innings of 39 runs in 30 balls. He hit 2 fours and 2 sixes in this innings. Tayyab Tahir scored 39 runs in 25 balls, while Irfan Khan scored 27 runs in 15 balls. In this way, the Pakistan team could only score 165 runs in 20 overs.

Bowling for Zimbabwe, captain Sikandar Raza took 1 wicket, Maskzada took 1 wicket, Ryan Burl and Richard Nagerwa also took 1 wicket. Now it was Zimbabwe’s turn. The Zimbabwean team could only score 108 runs in 15.3 overs. Brian Bennett, who came to open, scored 6 runs. Marumani who came with him scored 33 runs in 20 balls. Sikandar Raza played an excellent innings of 39 runs but he could not win the match. Apart from this, none of the players from Zimbabwe batted. Abrar Ahmed took 3 wickets and Sufian Mukeem also took 3 wickets for Pakistan.

With this victory, Pakistan has taken a 1-0 lead in the series of 3 T20 matches. Now the next T20 match will be played in Bulawayo on December 3. Let us tell you that in this series, Pakistan has entered without Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi. Now we have to see how Pakistan performs in the upcoming 2 matches.